AuthorTopic: Random ads preventing access (Read 1171 times)

I was looking at some old strips (right around when May meets Hanners for the first time), and every time I pressed "next" an ad would come up and take up the entire browser window. It said it would close in 10 seconds and return me to the site, but it didn't. I tried to follow the "go to site" link on the ad, but it didn't work. It was just the ad. I had to use the browser's back button and return to the previous comic, which then got covered by a different ad.

Is anyone else having this issue? It's not pop-up ads, they're in the actual QC browser tab, preventing access.

IIRC, Jeph can ban ads that cause problems. Personally, I just use an adblocker and toss him money via Patreon. Edit: I actually *have* whitelisted projectwonderful.com, who serve other webcomic artists as well. I haven't seen any crap or malware coming from them, the offenders seem to be through google's adverts.

« Last Edit: 27 Nov 2015, 15:51 by hedgie »

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"A person who may charitably described as 'not entirely a waste of resources, but mostly so.'" -- Momo

"Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!" -- The Pythons

You should, unfortunately, block ads on qc. They're just too malicious too often. Especially in the archives(I think they actually avoid the main page so they won't get noticed by Jeph. Of course it could just be more hits, more likely the bad ones come up).

You could also try navigating with the arrow keys instead of clicking forward. That might bypass them. And it's much more convenient.

2018 update - my browser, Opera, has a built-in ad blocker now which works as well as the add-ons. So I use that.

« Last Edit: 29 Nov 2018, 00:50 by pwhodges »

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"Being human, having your health; that's what's important."(from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?"(from: The Eccentric Family )

Email Jeph at the address given on the contact page. He will not respond, but he does read and react.

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"Being human, having your health; that's what's important."(from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?"(from: The Eccentric Family )